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A Typo in the Paterson-Wegman-de Champeaux algorithm

Logic in Computer Science 2020-07-02 v1

Abstract

We investigate the Paterson-Wegman-de Champeaux linear-time unification algorithm. We show that there is a small mistake in the de Champeaux presentation of the algorithm and we provide a fix.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2007.00304,
  title  = {A Typo in the Paterson-Wegman-de Champeaux algorithm},
  author = {Valeriu Motroi and Stefan Ciobaca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.00304},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Unification Algorithm

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